In-Reply-To: <20120502141930.247E625EA5@cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr> References: <20120426105234.776E54F2BB430@mms-aanda.obspm.fr> <20120502141930.247E625EA5@cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr> Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:21:56 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: AA/2012/18836: Data to CDS From: Luca Olmi To: Francois Ochsenbein Cc: Jorge Morales Dear Francois, thanks very much for your prompt reply. I will certainly take a look at the examples you mentioned and then we will decide what files to submit. I like more the idea to submit the FITS cubes with minimal operations on our side, because then potential users might be able to estimate the noise directly instead of relying on our own estimates. If we have further questions I'll let you know. Regards, L. Olmi On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Francois Ochsenbein wrote: > > Dear Colleague, > > Thank you for your message; in all cases yes, a single ReadMe > file is enough, hopefully :-) > > There are not specific details about FITS files in the instructions, > this format being (in principle) well known by our community. > Therefore the data cube should be OK -- provided it's standard FITS. > > There are several data cubes already stored at the CDS, see e.g. the > list at =A0 =A0http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/vizier//cats/M.htx > where the links point to the vizier entry (and from there a > "ReadMe+ftp" link points to the ReadMe file). The bottom 2 examples > relate to a single FITS data cube (J/A+A/531/A173) and to a set > of 6 FITS data cubes (J/A+A/533/A17). In this last case (several > FITS files), we add a small table containing the basic elements required > to estimate the location and resolution in the space/wavelength domain > of the data files. > > And about the details in the ReadMe -- anyway minimal details about > the noise level _are_ useful ! > > I hope these short explanation can help, and that the preparation > will not require too much of your time. > > Best Regards, > Francois Ochsenbein > > >> >>Dear Dr. Ochsenbein, >> >>as you may see from the attached e-mail we have been requested by A&A >>to submit data to the CDS. In the links to CDS we have not found >>instructions on how to submit data cube, so we intend to submit two >>types of data only: >> >>-- single-point spectra >>-- maps of spectral line integrated intensity >> >>We then have a few questions: >> >>-- the single-point spectra must be submitted as individual FITS >>files? Is there a naming convention for these files? >>-- I guess a single ReadMe file should accompany all these FITS files? >>-- The same questions apply to the maps in FITS format of the >>integrated intensity of several spectral lines, toward several >>sources. Naming convention for the files, and content of the ReadMe >>file. >>-- For the maps we have an additional question. Since there is no easy >>way to include information about the NOISE in the maps (unless making >>noise maps, which would be too time-consuming at this point), we were >>thinking of including this info as text in the ReadMe file. >> >>Thanks. >> >>Best Regards, >>L. Olmi >> >> >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>From: =A0 >>Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:52 PM >>Subject: AA/2012/18836: Data to CDS >>To: olmi@arcetri.astro.it, aatables@vizier.u-strasbg.fr >> >> >> > [...] > > ======================================================================= > Francois Ochsenbein    ------   Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg >   11, rue de l'Universite 67000 STRASBOURG  Phone: +33-(0)368 85 24 29 > Email: francois@cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (France)    Fax: +33-(0)368 85 24 17 > =======================================================================